Depth of Solid3D

[eirij]

Hi,

Is there any way to find the Depth of a Solid3D?

Thanks!

[_gile]

Hi,

You should clarify what you mean with: "the Depth of a Solid3D"?

If you mean the vertical ditance between the bottom of the solid to its top, you can use the solid extents (bounding box).

        public static double GetSolid3dDepth(Solid3d solid)
        {
            var extents = solid.GeometricExtents;
            return extents.MaxPoint.Z - extents.MinPoint.X
        }

[eirij]

Hi,

Thank you for your idea!

Actually i would like to find the thickness of the solid3d. Attach you can also find an example with thickness of 0.12m. I tried with Geometric Extents but the value is not that accurate.

The other way could be AverageThickness = Volume / Area of one side. Do you know how to get the AREA of the upper or lower surface of this solid3d?  

Can you please have a look.

[_gile · Accepted solution]

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@eirij wrote:

The other way could be AverageThickness = Volume / Area of one side. Do you know how to get the AREA of the upper or lower surface of this solid3d?  

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Here's a way using the Brep (Boundary Representation) API. You have to reference the acdbmgdbrep.dll assembly.

        public static double GetAverageThickness(Solid3d solid)
        {
            double volume = solid.MassProperties.Volume;
            using (var brep = new Brep(solid))
            {
                double area = brep.Faces
                    .Select(f => f.GetArea())
                    .Aggregate(Math.Max);
                return volume / area;
            }
        }